Julie Chen joins a new anchor team of CBS moring program

CBS announced a new anchor team of four in its morning program, "The Early Show." The team
consists of Julie Chen, Harry Smith, Hannah Storm, and Rene Syler. CBS morning program trails
ABC and NBC. NBC's "Today" show is watched by more than 6 million and earns more than
$250 million a year. ABC's "Good Morning America," is watched by 4.6 million and earns more
than $100 million. "Early show" of CBS is watched by 3.6 million and CBS earns more than $40
million and CBS earns 40 million. The new anchor team is intended to compete with both ABC
and NBC. Highly praised Julie Chen, Michael Bass, the "Early Show" producer, "she rings a very
different perspective - she's younger, hipper ... she relates to a much younger audience." (Souce:
The New York Times, Oct. 15, 2002).